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The Indiana State Bar Association’s announcement that it will distribute $100,000 among 24 victims of former attorney
and convicted fraudster William Conour is a modest but meaningful gesture from the legal community, attorneys involved with
the decision say.

If we had told you three weeks ago that a man walked into the bathroom with a live microphone and did some things he would
live to regret, you would have probably thought we were referring to a scene from “The Naked Gun” movie. By now,
however, you know that we are referring to the statements suspected murderer Robert Durst made while “mic’d up”
for an HBO documentary.

Lawyers are humans, too. We make mistakes. Because mistakes happen, we protect ourselves from potential claims and suits by
investing in malpractice insurance. But unless you read your policy closely and comply with its provisions, you run the risk
of being denied coverage and having to pay the entire cost of an expensive mistake. Here are some tips to help you avoid finding
yourself in that predicament.

With the increased visibility of transgender people in the media, you’ve probably heard about Jazz Jennings, the 14-year-old
activist who recently landed a show on TLC which will feature her family and how she deals with typical teen drama as a transgender
individual. Or, you’ve spent a Saturday binge watching the Netflix hit “Orange is the New Black,” a show
staring Laverne Cox, a transgender actress and LGBT advocate, who is the first openly transgender person to be nominated for
an Emmy. It is refreshing to see trans people in the media as it reflects our growth and acceptance as a society for those
who have been historically mistreated and underrepresented.

Do you get frustrated by the vast number of results you have to fumble through to find the needle in the haystack of Google
search results? Whether it is finding a specific document, research on a certain topic, or an attempt to locate a person,
the Information Age has generated a childlike impatience when searching.

A dispute over a suburban Indianapolis school system’s fees for bus service ended Tuesday with the state Supreme Court
ruling that public schools are not constitutionally required to provide transportation for students.

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed its earlier reversal of a trial court ruling after the Supreme Court of the United States
found that reasonable mistakes of law do not violate the Fourth Amendment.

A woman working at a Wal-Mart return center who helped herself to four iPhones on the way out the door wrongly had her car
seized as a result of the conviction, a majority of the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Justices reversed lower court
civil forfeiture orders.

A new federal lawsuit takes aim at Angie’s List Inc. on a new front, charging that it manipulates consumer reviews,
ratings and search results in the interest of extracting more advertising revenue from service providers.

The Indiana House approved by a wide margin Monday a proposal strengthening protections for religious objections in state
law that opponents say could provide legal cover for discrimination against gay people.

Adopted adults deprived by law of access to their birth records were dealt a setback Monday when a Pence administration official
testified against a bill that would open those records to some 350,000 Hoosiers.

Former Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Commissioner R. Scott Waddell and other top officials knew for years that residents
were being overcharged for driver's licenses and other fees but did nothing to stop it until a class-action lawsuit was
filed in 2013, a newspaper investigation found.

The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday turned away a challenge to Wisconsin’s voter identification law, after
having blocked the state from requiring photo IDs in November’s general election.